Harry Freeman (1858-1922)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Harry Freeman was an English music hall performer born near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He was the first King Rat of the show business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats.
He was chiefly based in Birmingham where he achieved his most success. His first appearance in 1877 at the Imperial Theatre in Walsall. This lead to bookings at music halls in the Midlands and he made his London debut at Lusby's Music Halll' in 1881. His most popular songs include Leicester Square (1894 - words &music: C.M. Rodney) and The Giddy little Girl said, "No!" (1890 - words: J.P. Harrington; music: Orlando Powell. In 1896 he was billed at The Paragon Theatre of Varieties on the Mile End Road in London's East End and his last public appearance was in Norwich in May 1922.
The oortrait by H.G. Banks is from the sheet music cover of They Were All Occupied (1898 - words: Tom Browne; music Felix McGlennon).
Freeman died in Covent Garden.

Websites:
	Harry Freeman (music hall performer)	Biography by wikipedia.org.

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Cobbler Got the Wax, The
Music by: T.F. Robson.
Words by: F. Eplett
Perf. by: H. Freeman

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1890.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Captain Called the Mate, The	Arthur West (words & music) A. West (perf.) H. Freeman (perf.)
	Cheer, Boys, Cheer	Henry Russell (music) Charles MacKay (words) H. Russell (perf.) Harry Anderson (perf.) H. Freeman (perf.)
	Four-P'ny-A'p'ny Banquet, The	E.W. Rogers (words & music) H. Freeman (perf.)
	Glorious Beer	Will Godwin (music) Steve Leggett (words) Harry Anderson (perf.) H. Freeman (perf.)
	I'd Better Call Again Next Week	Albert Perry (music) A.J. Mills (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
	I'm Off to Klondyke	Walter Hastings (words & music) H. Freeman (perf.)
	It Isn't the First Time	Harry Leighton (words & music) H. Freeman (perf.)
	Lord Mayor's Coachman, The	David G. Day (music) Harry Hunter (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
	She Stood Behind the Parlour Door	Unknown (words & music) H. Freeman (perf.)
	That's the Stuff to Give 'em	George Grant (music) H. Freeman (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
	You Look After Me Old Boy	T.W. Connor (words & music) H. Freeman (perf.)

Music Halls

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 30 works performed by Harry Freeman who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


You Look After Me Old Boy (1893)	T.W. Connor	John S Baker (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
Night In (1896), A	T.W. Connor	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Lord Mayor's Coachman (1881), The	David G. Day	Harry Hunter (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
In Darkest London Up to Date (1891)	William George Eaton	T S Lonsdale (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
Then the Music Started (1899)	William George Eaton	T A King (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Glorious Beer (1895)	Will Godwin	S. Leggett (words) Dan W. Quinn (perf.) Harry Anderson (perf.) H. Freeman (perf.)
That's the Stuff to Give 'em (1917)	George Grant	H. Freeman (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
I'm Off to Klondyke (1898)	Walter Hastings(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)
Wot Cher Trilby! (1896)	Carl Howard(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)
Little Bit of Luck (1897), A	Carl Howard	J.S. Baker (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Beautiful Man Like Me! (1901), A	George Le Brunn	J P Harrington (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
It Never Troubles Me (1895)	Harry Leighton	Carl Howard (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
It Isn't the First Time (1898)	Harry Leighton	J.S. Baker (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Nice Thing For a Man Like Me (1899)	Frank Leo(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
My Missis Thinks She's Trilby (1895)	Alan Macey	A.E. Ellis (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
They Were All Occupied (1898)	Felix McGlennon	T. Brown (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
I'd Better Call Again Next Week (1900)	Albert Perry	A J Mills (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
But Oh! She Said She Was a Country Girl (1902)	Eldred Powel(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
While There's a Woman (1903)	Eldred Powel(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Giddy Little Girl Said ''No''! (1894), The	Orlando Powell	J.P. Harrington (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Went (1895)	Orlando Powell	A. Hall (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Di-Di-Diddidy-Di! (1906)	Orlando Powell	A. Hall (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Still in It (1887)	T.F. Robson(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)
Cobbler Got the Wax (1890), The	T.F. Robson	F. Eplett (words) H. Freeman (perf.)
Leicester Square (1894)	C.M. Rodney(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Four-P'ny-A'p'ny Banquet (1900), The	E.W. Rogers(w&m)	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Cheer, Boys, Cheer (1852)	Henry Russell	Charles MacKay (words) H. Russell (perf.) Harry Anderson (perf.) H. Freeman (perf.)
Driver of an All Night Tram (1899), The	Bennett Scott	C G Cotes (words) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
She Stood Behind the Parlour Door (1877c)	Unknown	H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.
Captain Called the Mate (1888), The	Arthur West(w&m)	A. West (perf.) H. Freeman (perf.)	Pub.